Hotel-room-record rack



Se'pt. 13,1927. I ,6 08 P. N. JOSLIN HOTEL ROOM RECORDRACK Filed Sept. 10, 1923 '2 Sheets-Sheet 1 JONES W G MUN I MM m; "1w." 1 v I 1,642,208- p 13 1927", P. N. JOSLIN I HOTEL ROOM RECORD RACK Filed Sept. 10, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 JUN E5 w G SMITH JOHN H.

JONES W G Patented Sept. 13, 1927.

I 'PLINY N. J'OSLIN, OF DE KALIB', ILLINOIS.

- 'HOTEL-ROOM-RECORD Baez.

Application ied September m. Serial N e 1 as 1.

The invention is concerned with rack structures such as are. suitable for employment 1n the maintenance. of record systems wherein data pertaining to co-related mat ready reference.

The invention has f itspnnmpu purpose theprovi'sion of a noverrecordr ck te'rs may be consolidated forthe purpose of which, when employed forinstance in 'aIhotel office for use inconjunction with a list of hotel rooms 'may be indicated of suchterne pora'rily pertinent information as the 1 dates of future reservations for particular rooms,

; the identities of the occupants'of the rented of -e; Fig. 5 is {a perspective detail view of the rooms; the presence orfabsence of baggage in the rented rooms theicon'dition of the vacated-room's, and the. like. While. its adaptation as a hotelroom record rackprobably exercises tofbe'st advantage the extensive,

utility of the invention;v the, record rack is,'1 of course; susceptible of other diversified uses equally, within the purview of'the invention.

7 Other objects and advantage's'of the invention will become evidentfupon 'aj full understandingoi the same .a's set 'forth' in the following description and-accompanying drawings, whereinis presented for, the purpose ,ofexemphficatlon what 1sv now 'considered1 to' be a, preferred structura'l'embodi ment of the invention. ,fObv'iously the invention "may be embodiedin other"modified1 forms without affecting" (the underlying. principle of the same; wherefore the-par ticula'r, embodiment'pres'ented in .this dis closure is not to be considered aslimiting,

the spirit of the invention or asrestricting unnecessarily the scope of the claims;

, In the drawings, Fig.1 isa frontqview of one corner of a rack' constructed in accordance with. the invention; 1'

Fig. 2" is a horizonta'l'section on the line 2+2 ofFig. 1;.

- Fig. 3 is a verticalsection on the line 3+3 of Fig.2; Fig. 4 is aivertieal section on the line 44 slide in one ijndicating device; I 1 Fig. 6 is a. perspective detail view of the slide in .the ,otherTindicat-ing devie;

Fig. 7 afront View of a card adapted for use in the upper pocket of each group ;I

Fig. 8 a front view of a card adapted for use in the lower pocket of each group;

Fig. 9fis afrontview. of one corner of the 'rack lllustrating a modifiedform; i Fig. .10 1s a horizontalsection on the line l0.1 0,ofi Fig. 9;

v Fig ll'is afront view ofone corner ofthe raeik, illustrating another modified form; n 7 V Fig. 12is a front .view of'a card adapted,

for use in the singlepocket construction illustrated in Fi g. 11. V Q

It will' be observed, in Figs. 1 to 8 inclusivejof thedrawingsithat the rack ofthe invention is characterized by a support 10Ito which a plurality of horizontally elongated members 11 are attached tica-licolumns- .Thesupport 10 base portionj12' which; provides tongues 13 for co-action wit-h slots l4 ,in'the m thereof, and a fra both finwardly" turned flanges; 16 tioning themembers against the attaching projections in oneor' more vertical. columns 'and'su'rfaces 17 to the left'side of the mem ermanent list of hers for presenting 'a' 1djentifying'symbols18 a ongside groups of the, members. 1

' Each 'of'the groups referred to includes a lower .member ,19, an intermediate member 20, and an uppermember 21. An upward- 'ly' opening pocket 22 is formed between the members 19 and-I20'--for'the'reception of the 1 lower portiononlyof a' removable card 23;

another upwardly opening fpocket v 24 is formed betweenthemembers'20 and 21 for the reception ofthe lower portion only of a card 25 which has anupper portion of less width than the card 23 for which the pocket 22 is adapted; and two indicating devlces 26 and 27 associat e(l with the member 21., The 1 1 indicating devices are arranged'inspaced.

in one or more ver embers adjacent the sidesf me-work 15 whichiprovides or posi relation at locations just above themargin of the exposed .u ppe'r'portion of the card 23 when in the'pocket 22 and'onopposite sides of the margin'ofthe exposed upperportion of the card 25 when'in the pocket .24. The indicating devices ;aI"e substantially ployed as a hotel room record in'the followdevices 27 similar to each other, and each consists of an aperture 28 in a horizontally grooved exposed portion of the member 21, a slide 29 movable in spaced guides provided by the groove in the member, and a tab 30 which extends upwardly from the slide through a slot in the groove of the member and provides a means for shifting the slide horizontall thrdugh the aperture 28 differently colored portions 31 or 32 of the slide.

The rack of the invention may be eming manner:

The identifying symbols 18 may represent thenumbers of the hotel rooms; the cards 23 may be placed in certain of the lower pockets 22, and may have inscribed on their upper exposed portions the names'of the occupants rentingthose rooms and on their lower hidden portions any confidential information which it is desirable to have in the record; the cards 25 may be placed incertain of the upper pockets 24; with their reduced upper portions disposed between the indicating devices 26 and 27, and may have inscribed on their exposed up'per'portions notations'regarding future reservations. for those particular rooms; the indicating devices 26 may be shifted to one side to expose through the aperture a portion indicating the presenceof baggage in those rooms, or may be shifted to expose a portion indicating the absence of baggage in those rooms; and the'in'dicating may be shifted to one side to expose through ing that those rooms are not in a condition for re-renting, or may be'shifted to expose a portion indicating that those rooms are in condition for re-renting.

WVhen applying the arbitrary meanings above given the foregoing symbols, it will be'understood that room No. 101, for instance, has not been reserved, has no present occupant, and is in a condition for re-renting; that room 103, for instance, has been reserved for June lth but is at present in a condition for re-renting; and that room 10 1, for instance, is now being occupied by John Smith, who has baggage in the room.

By the employment of a rack of this character, the pertinent information relating to the hotel rooms may be temporarily consolidated in a compact form for ready reference. The advantages of such a record rack are numerous for it will be appreciated that, by reference to the rack, any pertinent information' concerning the rooms may be readily had. \Vhen' the rack is used as a record for hotel rooms, it will of course be understood that the information concerning the presence or absence of baggage'in the rooms and the condition of the'rooms will be telephoned by the caretakers of therooms to. the office where the rack-is installed.

of the member whereby to expose the aperture a portion indicate In Figs. 9 and 10 is illustrated a modified form of the rack wherein the lower member 19 of the first form is omitted in each group of horizontally elongated members 11 and the pocket 33 presented behind the upper member 21 of each group isused as the lower pocket 22 of the above group, whereby a 7 more compact arrangement of the numerous groups s produced. I V

In Fig. 11 1s illustrated another stlll fur- .ther modified form of the rack wherein the lower member 19 and the intermediate memher 20 of the firstiforin are both omitted in each group. In this form of the invention only on'e pocketlgtis produced in association with the two indicating devices 27 and the devices are'accordingly set further apart to accommodate "'the'rcbetween the wider ex posed portion er name and data card .-35. IVhat Iclaimis:

1. In a record rack, anupwardly opening pocket for the reception of the lower portion of a card,and a changeable indicating device associatedwith the rack for the optional ;dis I I play of asymbol at a'point sojlocated with respect to the pocket and the sizeof card used as to be adjacent'the exposed upper: portion of a card when in the pocket, said indicating device including an'oember h'awmg an aperturetherein, slide carried by the member at the rear thereof and having'a' portion visible through the aperture and means accessible from in front of the member for "shifting the slide relative' to thea-perture.

mounted withina portion of the rajck above both pockets at a location which is directly opposite one 'sideof the exposedportion of the upper card and directly above one end of the exposed portion of'the lower 3' In a record rack, two upwardly opening pockets arranged one above'fthe' other and adapted to receive in the lower pocket a card a record'rack,twoupwardly open-j ing pockets arranged one above the other and adapted to'r'eceive 'in the lower pocket a cardliaving a relatively wide-upper 'exposedportion andin the upper pocket a card having'a relativelynarro'wupper exposed portion, 'and a changeable indicating device bled with the support in overlapping relation 7 to. each a other to form between two of said members an upwardly opening pocketgfor holding a card with the upper exposed po'r tion thereof in front of the otherwise exposed portion of the upper one of said members, an aperture in the upper one of said members at a location above the pocket which is 5 at one side of the exposed portion of a card when in the pocket, an indicating slide mounted behind the aperture in movable relation thereto, and means accessible from in front of the apertured member for moving 1 the slide whereby to expose through the aperture different portions of the same.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name.'

PLIN Y N. J OSLIN. 

